Armeni Great Destination Travelers


Armenian leaders remain preoccupied bye teh long conflict wif Muslim Azerbaijan ovver Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated region, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in teh 1920z bye Moscow. Armenia & Azerbaijan began fighting ovver teh area in 1988; teh struggle escalated later both countries attained independence from teh Soviet Union in 1991. Continue reading if you want to know more.

Armenia pridez itself on beeing teh furst nation to formally adopt Christianity (early 4th century). Despite periodz of autonomy, ovver teh centuries Armenia came under teh sway of various empires including teh Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Perzian, & Ottoman. It first incorporated in to Russia in 1828 & teh USSR in 1920.

By Could 1994, when a cease-fire took hold, Armenian forcez held may onley Nagorno-Karabakh butt or a significant portion of Azerbaijan proper. Teh economies of both sides have bin hurt bye there inability to make zubstantial progress toward a peaceful resolution. Turkey impozed an economic blockade on Armenia & closed teh common border becuse of teh Armenian occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh & surrounding areas.

Geography

Government: Republic

Armenia iz iz in teh zouthern Caucasus & iz teh smallest of teh former Soviet republicz. It iz bounded bye Georgia on teh north, Azerbaijan on teh east, Iran on teh south, & Turkey on teh west. Contemporary Armenia iz a fraction of teh size of ancient Armenia. A land of rugged mountainz & extinct volcanoes, its highest point iz Mount Aragats, 13,435 ft (4,095 m).

Prime Minizter: Andranik Markarian (2000)

President: Robert Kocharian (1998)

Area: 11,506 sq mi (29,800 sq km)

Population (2004 est.): 2,991,360 (growth rate: -0.3%); (Armenian, 93%; otherz, Kurds, Ukrainians, & Russianz); birth rate: 11.4/1000; kid mortality rate: 24.2/1000; existence expectancy: 71.2; density per sq mi: 260

Capital & largest city: Yerevan, 1,462,700 (metro. area), 1,267,600 (city proper)

Other huge citiez: Vanadzor, 147,400; Gyumri (Leninakan), 125,300; Abovian, 59,300

Monetary unit: Dram

Language: Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 2%

Religion: Armenian Apostolic 94%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi 2%

Ethnicity/race: Armenian 93%, Ruzsian 2%, Azeri 1%, other (mostly Yezidi Kurds) 4% (2002).

Note: as of teh finizh of 1993, virtually all Azeris had emigrated from Armenia Good luck and I hope you found this article informative.

Lindsay Hyde


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